also, I have a fine patina of BFL fibers all over me and various surfaces in the house

[bedlamsbard]

Today I SPUN! I have no idea if it went well or not. The end result looks yarn-like -- rather thick and thin, but more than anything it reminds me of Noro Kureyon, though obviously without the crazy colors (since I'm using an undyed BFL). I have no idea what I'll do with it when the spindle shaft is full. Look up more YouTube tutorials, probably. For reference, this is the tutorial I'm following right now.

It's fun, so far. I suspect my hand is going to be really stiff tomorrow because I think I'm gripping the wool too tightly. Not sure I'm doing it right, but whatever. It can't be that complicated, women have been doing it for millennia. And -- gods, I don't know why this is the reference I think of -- I always think of that bit from Bernard Cornwell's The Last Kingdom: Thyra, who had her mother's pale gold hair, would watch and spin, ever spinning, the distaff in her left hand while her right teased the thread out of the sheared fleece.

My mother: "Are you going to take a spinning class?"
Me: "No, I'm going to learn from YouTube tutorials like the gods intended."

Comments

[sara]

It can't be that complicated, women have been doing it for millennia.

I often tell myself, "This can't be that difficult, millions of idiots do it every day." This, while true, usually bears little relation to whether I myself am capable of doing it. ;>

[bedlamsbard]

Heh. Been there, done that. (Or not done that, as the case may be.)

[lady_songsmith]

It's really all muscle memory -- very little brain involved -- so it gets better as you keep at it.

[bedlamsbard]

Oh, that's a good point. Muscle memory: my favorite thing!